Project: Agrarian structure and economic development of the Flemish countryside and the effect on historical geography from the 12th century until the 16th century.

01-OCT-88 – 31-JUL-18

Abstract

Similarly this project has in view to explain the organization and the evolution of the agrarian economy within the geographic context of the countryside of Belgium. Especially the evolution from feodalism to capitalism will be studied : this phenomenon caused the most important changes of the rural landscape. Most of the attention is focused of the essential period in this evolution.